 |  School and Society: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives, 4/e Stephen E. Tozer,
The University of Illinois, Chicago
Paul C. Violas
Guy Senese,
Northern Arizona University
Social Diversity and Differentiated Schooling Today: Vocational and Liberal Ideals
Learning ObjectivesChapter 11 provides context and content for consideration of the following questions:
| To what extent are the arguments for vocational education in public schools supportable? How well has vocational education served the population it has been intended to serve? |
| | | | How does the rhetoric of vocational education advocates contrast with available data on the actual nature of the American workplace in the foreseeable future? |
| | | | Would a revised view of vocational education, one that focuses on traditionally liberal educational goals instead of preparation for the workplace, be more supportable for educational and economic reasons? |
| | | | What is the historical ideal of liberal education? How can that ideal be used to serve the interests of all students in schools? What is the potential of liberal education for embodying democratic ideals more thoroughly than a vocationalist or differentiated-curriculum approach? |
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